Vessel Planner
Abu Dhabi Terminals
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 months
Direct coordination with shipping lines regarding container stowage and planning as per vessels’ requirements.
- Maintaining open communication with the ship’s Chief Officer with regards to vessel operations and issues.
- Decision making in accordance to maritime, port safety and security rules should issues and concerns arise.
- Planning and coordination with concerned port department concerning operational implementations.
- Overseeing that the plan is followed in timely manner and documentation of vessel operation upon completion.
Senior Yard and Berth Planner
- Allocating Yard plans for Empty and Laden shipping containers.
- Supervising / Planning the segregation of Imports, Trans-shipments, Exports and DG (dangerous goods) inside the Container Yard.
- Coordination with Shipping Lines regarding loading and discharging operations.
- Berth scheduling of Ships regarding arrival and communication with shipping lines / agents regarding vessel status.
- Managing yard movements with regards to Custom requirements.
(Special Project) -Project Coordinator to OPS-Dept.
Currently, the port is 90% into construction, part of my job is coordinating with the Project Construction Team and liaise requirements with my Department. Part of my work is to:
- Create / Discuss presentations and requirements to Project and Operations department.
- Prepare Monthly / Quarterly and Annual Progress reports for presentation to Project and Higher management.
- Create operational work process viable for Jeddah port operations.
- Documenting work process from each section of the department and compiling it into a standard Operations manual, which will serve as a Standard Operating Procedure for the whole terminal.
Senior Yard Planner (Asst. Manager): February 2006- January 2009
- Leading and managing four Equipment Control officers and ten yard supervisors in handling yard operations.
- Managing port yard and heavy equipments, making sure its availability and utilization are manipulated to its full capacity.
- Conducting weekly toolbox meeting that will cater to Supervisors and Equipment Operators awareness with regards to Occupational Hazards and Safety Issues.
- Conducting daily and weekly operations meeting to supervisors and equipment control officers regarding yard situations for day and night shift.
- Planning and segregation of Imports, Trans-shipments, Exports and DG (dangerous goods) inside the Container Yard.
- Performance appraisal and evaluation for management personnel.
- Coordination to Shipping Line clients in forecasting weekly/ daily container receivables and deliveries.
Yard Planner / Equipment Control Officer : July 2001 - February 2006
- Implementing yard plans for the shift.
- Monitoring equipment availability and making sure of its maximum utilization during deliveries and discharging operations .
- To ensure deliveries and receivables serviced at the fastest time possible.
- Leading five supervisors and at least 30 operators, making sure both yard and vessel operations catered efficiently at every shift.
- Shift report generation at every end of shift.
- Monitoring supervisor and operators attendance during every shift.
- Allocating Yard plans for Empty and Laden shipping containers.
Systems and Products (SAP R/3) Support
- Part of the Team responsible for implementing a nationwide operation and distribution monitoring system for CCBPI.
- Main responsibility is to educate target users on how to encode data and generate reports in the SAP R/3 system and up-linking of files for Head Office use.
- Assigned to visit bottling plants and sales offices of Coca-Cola within the Philippines, making sure uplinks and connections established before and after the Go-Live project.
- Technical support for SAP R/3 users through phone after the Go-Live project,
maintaining system and data integrity during and after the Go-live project .